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In Saudi visit, Obama works to calm Gulf tensions with US

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Barack Obama strained to ease tensions with Persian Gulf allies Thursday, pledging U.S. help in confronting Iran and other security… Continue reading

US Navy accuses Gulf commander of misconduct

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. Navy officer relieved of commanding a Persian Gulf patrol ship allegedly failed to maintain equipment to the point… Continue reading

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives to light the principal beacon to celebrate her 90th birthday, Thursday April 21, 2016 in Windsor, England. The beacon will set in train a series of over 1,000 beacons across the country and worldwide. Beacons large and small, either specially built gas-fuelled structures or simple bonfires, will be lit across the country to mark the queen's birthday. (Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP)

Many tributes for Queen Elizabeth on 90th birthday

WINDSOR, England — Fate unexpectedly made her queen. Duty and endurance have made her an institution and an icon.Queen Elizabeth II turned 90 on Thursday… Continue reading

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives to light the principal beacon to celebrate her 90th birthday, Thursday April 21, 2016 in Windsor, England. The beacon will set in train a series of over 1,000 beacons across the country and worldwide. Beacons large and small, either specially built gas-fuelled structures or simple bonfires, will be lit across the country to mark the queen's birthday. (Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump, appear on the NBC "Today" television program, in New York Thursday, April 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump to GOP leaders: Embrace me

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Donald Trump’s chief lieutenants pushed skeptical Republican leaders Thursday to embrace him as their likely presidential nominee, declaring he can deliver big… Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump, appear on the NBC "Today" television program, in New York Thursday, April 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Clinton, relatives of Newtown victims talk gun violence

HARTFORD, Conn. — Hillary Clinton, sitting with relatives of victims of the Newtown school massacre, vowed Thursday to make sure gun violence is not ignored,… Continue reading

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 1985 file photo, Prince performs at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive and influential musicians of his era with hits including "Little Red Corvette," ''Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry," was found dead at his home on Thursday, April 21, 2016, in suburban Minneapolis, according to his publicist. He was 57. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)

Pop superstar Prince dead at 57

CHANHASSEN, Minn. — Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times with hits including “Little Red Corvette,” “Let’s Go Crazy” and… Continue reading

  • Apr 22, 2016
  • By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, HILLEL ITALIE and JEFF BAENEN
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 1985 file photo, Prince performs at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive and influential musicians of his era with hits including "Little Red Corvette," ''Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry," was found dead at his home on Thursday, April 21, 2016, in suburban Minneapolis, according to his publicist. He was 57. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)

Obama pushes Saudis, Gulf allies to step up Iraq aid

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — With fresh friction wearing on an old alliance, President Barack Obama pressed Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf nations on Wednesday to… Continue reading

  • Apr 21, 2016
  • By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, LOLITA C. BALDOR and ADAM SCHRECK
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Up to 500 feared dead in shipwreck

GENEVA — As many as 500 people are feared dead after a shipwreck last week in the Mediterranean Sea, two international groups said Wednesday, describing… Continue reading

Source: VW to pay $1B to diesel owners, buy back some cars

DETROIT — Volkswagen, the U.S. government and private lawyers have reached a deal for the automaker to buy back some of the 600,000 diesel cars… Continue reading

3 officials charged in Flint water crisis By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and ED WHITE

FLINT, Mich. — The Flint water crisis became a criminal case Wednesday when two state regulators and a city employee were charged with official misconduct,… Continue reading

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, file photo, a woman holds a sign supporting Harriet Tubman for the $20 bill during a town hall meeting at the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, N.Y. A Treasury official said Wednesday, April 20, 2016, that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson, File)

Hamilton stays on $10 bill; Tubman to go on $20 bill

WASHINGTON — Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist who was born a slave, will stand with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin among the iconic… Continue reading

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, file photo, a woman holds a sign supporting Harriet Tubman for the $20 bill during a town hall meeting at the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, N.Y. A Treasury official said Wednesday, April 20, 2016, that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson, File)

Trump, Clinton triumph on home turf in New York primaries

NEW YORK — Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to victory with ease in Tuesday’s New York primary, with Trump bouncing back from a… Continue reading

Families wake up after sleeping outside their collapsed homes that were destroyed by an earthquake in Manta, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Rescuers race to find survivors in Ecuador

PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador — Despite the grief roiling this earthquake-stricken town, Pablo Cordova has something to be thankful for: He can return the coffin his wife… Continue reading

Families wake up after sleeping outside their collapsed homes that were destroyed by an earthquake in Manta, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Fighting in Syria intensifies as opposition digs in

BEIRUT — The Syrian opposition coalition negotiating in Geneva said Tuesday there can be no solution in Syria with President Bashar Assad in power, and… Continue reading

UK official: New ship unlikely to be named Boaty McBoatface

LONDON (AP) — Boaty McBoatface may be sunk.Britain’s science minister has indicated that the country’s newest polar research vessel is unlikely to be christened with… Continue reading

Countries clash over death penalty at UN drug policy session

UNITED NATIONS — The first U.N. special session to address global drug policy in nearly 20 years bristled with tension Tuesday over the use of… Continue reading

Immigrant kids sent to adults lacking status

LOS ANGELES — The vast majority of immigrant children who arrive alone at the U.S. border are placed by the government with adults who are… Continue reading

Afghan schoolgirls walk pass police forces near the site of a deadly Taliban-claimed suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Armed militants in Afghanistan have staged a coordinated assault on a key government security agency in the capital Tuesday morning, killing many and wounding more than 320 people. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Deadly attacks in Afghan capital show Taliban’s strength

KABUL, Afghanistan — A week after proclaiming their spring offensive, Taliban militants stormed an Afghan government security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire… Continue reading

Afghan schoolgirls walk pass police forces near the site of a deadly Taliban-claimed suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Armed militants in Afghanistan have staged a coordinated assault on a key government security agency in the capital Tuesday morning, killing many and wounding more than 320 people. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Court overturns Virginia school’s transgender bathroom rule

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A policy barring a transgender student from using the boys’ restrooms at his Virginia high school is discriminatory, a federal appeals… Continue reading

Louis Marquez carries his dog Dallas through floodwaters after rescuing the dog from his flooded apartment Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in Houston. Storms have dumped more than a foot of rain in the Houston area, flooding dozens of neighborhoods. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Houston recovering from yet another deadly flood

HOUSTON — As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation’s fourth-largest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least five… Continue reading

Louis Marquez carries his dog Dallas through floodwaters after rescuing the dog from his flooded apartment Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in Houston. Storms have dumped more than a foot of rain in the Houston area, flooding dozens of neighborhoods. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)